Website Planet reports that Jeremiah Fowler discovered a non-password-protected database that contained 148,000 records belonging to InHouse Physicians — a healthcare provider that offers on-site medical services and wellness programs to organizations, including corporate health and wellness solutions, event medical services, and occupational health programs. The non-password-protected database contained 148,415 PDF documents totalling 12 GB. Each document…
Shame on Interserver.net for not responding to notification of exposed sensitive and stolen data
Shame on Interserver.net. On July 10, DataBreaches notified hostdepartment.com by email that an IP address was exposing hundreds of data leaks/dumps that had been caught up in hacking or ransomware incidents. When they didn’t respond, I called them the next day. They asked me to resubmit the abuse alert to interserver.net. I promptly did that…
Genetic Testing Firm 23andMe Settles Data Breach Lawsuits
Amanda Bronstad reports: 23andMe has reached a settlement in principle of class actions brought over last year’s data breach, lawyers disclosed at a Tuesday court hearing in San Francisco. The amount and details of the settlement weren’t disclosed, but, in its annual report this year, 23andMe revealed it had $216 million in cash. At a…
Senate demands answers from AT&T about breach
In what might be described as the regulatory equivalent of being called to the principal’s office, AT&T has been sent a demand letter by Senators about its breach. The letter, signed by Senators Richard Blumenthal and Josh Hawley, the Chair and Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Privacy, Technology, and the Law poses some very…
Bassett Furniture shuts down manufacturing facilities after ransomware attack
Jonathan Greig reports: One of the largest furniture companies in the U.S. was forced to shut down its manufacturing facilities following a ransomware attack that began last week. Bassett Furniture Industries said it shut down some of its information technology systems after it discovered unauthorized access on July 10. The hacker “disrupted the Company’s business…
London Borough of Hackney reprimanded following cyber-attack
From the Information Commissioner’s Office: We have issued the London Borough of Hackey with a reprimand following a cyber-attack in 2020 that led to hackers gaining access to and encrypting 440,000 files, affecting at least 280,000 residents and other individuals including staff. In October 2020, hackers attacked the London Borough of Hackney (LBoH) systems –…